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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Labor and Employment Law for Employers

Additional Information:

Phil Bruce counsels and represents employers exclusively in all aspects of labor and employment law, including matters involving wage and hour law, nonsolicitation agreements, employee handbook policies and procedures, discipline and termination, drug and alcohol testing, medical and disability leave, litigation avoidance, and compliance with a myriad of state and federal laws. He also defends employers in state and federal courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration against claims of workplace harassment, Title VII employment discrimination, and wrongful discharge and retaliation.

A portion of Phil’s practice is devoted to complex business litigation.

Phil is a 2011 honors graduate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Oklahoma Law Review and was the recipient of the Gene H. and Jo Ann Sharp Outstanding Editor Award. He was also named to the Order of the Barristers, earned American Jurisprudence Awards in Property and Civil Pretrial Litigation, and was a student member of the Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court and American Association for Justice Mock Trial Team.

Prior to graduating from law school, Phil served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Timothy DeGiusti, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, and worked as a research assistant for two law professors. While an undergraduate at the University of Kentucky, he served as an honors intern in the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.

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Firm Members: Gerald Hilsher William Leach Harold Zuckerman Frederick Cornish James Richardson Dru Prosser